A nationwide manhunt is currently underway for a man wanted in connection with an alleged rape.

Thames Valley Police have identified the suspect as 23 year old James Doran from Kidlington, who is wanted in relation to the reported rape of a teenage girl in Banbury.

The police believe he could be in the Warwickshire area. "He is known to frequent the North Oxfordshire and South Warwickshire areas, and also has links to Hillingdon in London and Leicestershire," according to a police appeal.

Detective Inspector Becky Sargeant, the investigating officer, has urged the public not to approach Doran if they see him, but to call 999 immediately.

Doran is described as white, with short ginger/brown hair, a ginger/brown beard, and missing his right eye.

In her appeal, DI Sargeant said: "We ar

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